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EventFirst Indian workers arrive in South Africa
… late 1800s in Natal as a result of very cheap “indentured labour” sourced from India. The first group of Indian workers … the Zulu’s were forcefully stripped…
State of the nation address by the President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela
… all efforts made to involve the private sector, organised labour, the civics and other community organisations to … and development, we will, together with…
ArchiveBuilders of the nation: 1: working the land
… Department of Labour poster. Multicoloured poster. History and photographs of farm labour in South Africa. Artwork of new South African flag. …
The ANC’s attempt to become the sole legitimate representative of the people of South Africa by Martin Plaut
… a similar title and used its contacts within the British Labour Party to push for this recognition. This happened to coincide with my appointment as the…
ArticleANC Origins and Background
… laws that controlled and restricted black movement and labour. The end of the South African War (1899-1902) paved …
General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF)
… Cheadle and their colleagues then used loopholes in the labour laws to mobilise and organise workers (who by now were …
ArchiveWorkers! do you know your rights on
… The Department of Labour poster. Multicoloured poster. For information on … leave, hours of work and leave, list of Department of Labour offices and contact…
ArchiveBuilders of the nation: 1 :working the land
… Multicoloured poster. Issued by the Department of Labour. Artwork of new South African flag. Short history of land labour. Photographs and artwork of people…
ArchiveTrade unions face the future
… THE voluntary liquidation of the Trade and Labour Council marks the closing of a chapter In South African labour history. It also marks the beginning of a…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Themes to Think About
… from which the family mainly benefited, changed to paid labour for the profit of others in industry. This change was … the most productive workers. In later…
ArchiveThe Western Cape- Coloured and White Preference Area- Some Implications : Paper presented at National Conference 1980
… on 12 March 1980 discussing equal rights, race relations, labour practices, pass laws, migrant labour, industrial development. …
ArchiveHousing Issues in Natal: Paper presented at National Conference 1980
… Act, Chatsworth Housing Action Committee, Abolition of Labour Tenancy and Mass Removals, migrant labour. …
Archive”Presidential Address” by Dr. A. B. Xuma
… aims at providing an uninterrupted flow of cheaply paid labour and an absence of independent self-sufficient African … Contract Act, the Masters and Servants…
Presidential Address, by Dr. A.B. Xuma, 14 December 1941
… aims at providing an uninterrupted flow of cheaply paid labour and an absence of independent self-sufficient African … Contract Act, the Masters and Servants…
Document 50 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: The Trade Union Question (No division On this question) (1934)
… mind, are the close preserves of the while aristocracy of Labour. Natives are debarred or discouraged from entering … in the Cape are affiliated to the Cape…
ABBREVIATIONS USED
… - International Defence and Aid Fund ILO - International Labour Organization IMF - International Metalworkers … (SACTU) NIC - Natal Indian Congress NL (SD)…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Before the mineral discoveries by Emilia Potenza
… British, with enough African people to satisfy all their labour requirements. But this didn't last for long. Although … became difficult for Boer farmers to…
BiographyChief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
… the South African Black Alliance comprising the [Coloured] Labour Party (LP), [Indian] Reform Party and the KwaNgwane …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos
… Introduction Chapter 1 - Change to Wage Labour Chapter 2 - The Early Years Chapter 3 - Where Working … 6 - New Workers,New Unions Chapter 7 - Locations for…
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Durban
… regional reports, minutes of previous conference, migrant labour, wages, labour laws, Campaign on African Women, resettlement, tax for …
EventKing George V visits the SANLC
… The South African Native Labour Contingent were recruited and employed to assist Britain in the First World War with labour duties. Black South African men…
EventThe SS Mendi began its journey from Cape Town to Plymouth
… people to assist the British in World War 1 by providing labour. There were to be 10 000 people to serve in the South African Native Labour Contingent sent…
ArticleHerero Revolt 1904-1907
… from these concentration camps were used as slave labour to build railways, docks and buildings throughout the … of the buildings in Namibia today were built…
ArticleThe Influenza epidemic
… and 18 September with members of the South African Native Labour Contingent (SANLC) on board. It was established that … to penetrate the most remote areas…
Establishment of the Cape and its impact on Khoikhoi and Dutch
… their cattle on the farmers’ land in return for providing labour. Although the Khoikhoi were not enslaved by the VOC as … woman and children who were in turn…
ArchiveIsisebenzi December 1972 (English Translation)
… new company bought all employment opportunities and sold a labour to shipping companies for a cheaper wage. What was … workers were supposed to be recruited…
The Changing Nature of the African Working Class: Migrant Workers, Identity and Struggles by Sithembiso Bhengu
… of the African working class is symbiotic with migrant labour, first in the mines, with regional migration, followed … the clearest articulation of rural…
Address by Selby Msimang, President, Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of South Africa, July 23, 1921
… has already been responsible for the exploitation of cheap labour. Still you hear M.P.'s agitating for the resuscitation of 'isibalo,' or forced labour, in…
Document 23 - Memorandum from Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk
… of mobilisation against privatisation in support of labour's demands as presented to the government. Workers who … be restructured to ensure adequate…
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… political movements while in London. He joined the British Labour Party and actively participated in its London Central … of twenty-five pounds in addition…